Hello,
After reading several reviews, I’m tempted to write my own experience with Omni(which I sold it now for a Scorpio).
I was my first car and a great car which I bought 2nd hand Omni 1997 8 seater Petrol and served our purpose. The most important factor was it fitted into my budget and you can name it as van / car / Mini utility vehicle etc.
My family members still remember it and keep saying our Omni was like this like that etc.,
Lot of people said / written it’s not safe to drive Omni on highways, but I have driven it from Bangalore to Madras, my brother has driven from Bangalore to Dharmastala, Mysore and other few places near Bangalore, we never felt unsafe.
We never drove over 80 kms on clear and safe roads otherwise 60 to 70 km and on a steady speed we got max 17 kms per litre(petrol) on highways and 12 to 14 in city.
It does what it meant to be and with 800 CC we can’t expect more out of it but the positive side is as every Omni user know lots of space, reliability, low maintenance cost, better fuel economy.
Since it served my purpose I really can’t see any major downside. With this vehicle we were very careful on roads both in city and highways.
Though I bought 2nd hand Omni, I hardly spent money for major repairs. But for regular maintenance I’ve spent some and which is essential.
My advice to all road users is(no matter which car you drive)
“Drive Safe and respect other road users”
“Enjoy the drive and remember the journey instead repenting it”
I’m looking forward buying another Omni to drive in City.
Cheers,
jkkstar